Dietary Patterns and Chronic Disease Risk in the Sister Study

Using dietary information reported on the enrollment questionnaire, all Sister Study participants were assigned scores that indicated how closely their eating patterns followed specific dietary recommendations, including the Mediterranean diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), the alternative Healthy Eating Index, and the Healthy Eating Index 2015. In a recently published study, we showed that, in general, having a healthy diet was associated with lower concentrations of specific biomarkers of oxidative stress in urine samples collected at the time of dietary assessment. As high oxidative stress may contribute to the progression of some types of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and metabolic disorders, this research illustrates a possible biological pathway underlying the relationship between healthy eating and reduced chronic disease risk.

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Association between healthy dietary patterns and markers of oxidative stress in the Sister Study

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